Vappu Taipale to
chair UNU Council

Vappu Taipale

Prof. Taipale replaces Professor Elisabeth Croll, of New Zealand, whose six-year term as a council member ends in May.

Prof. Taipale has a wide range of professional experience in social welfare and health care. She has chaired or acted as a member or adviser in numerous state committees and councils concerned with such topics as gender equality, mental health, aging population, rehabilitation, disability, refugees, state employer and personnel policy, prostitution, violence against women, and sexual exploitation of children. 

Her publications include several textbooks on child mental health and social and health policy. Since 1998, she has been Vice-Chair of the Board of Academy of Finland and also since 1999 a member of the Board of Directors of the National Technology Agency since 1999.